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. >> president obama repeatedly said anybody who likes their health care coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies are required to make adjustments to comply with the law. hundreds of thousands of consumers in state after state are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to march 2010, when the new law was passed. starting next year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must me essential health benefits. 10 must be covered, including doctors visits,: >> any plan that does not include all of these can no longer be offered. insurance companies are sending cancellation letters. the people most affected are those that buy insurance such as freelancers and independent contractors. in all, 14 million americans by insurance this way. nearly everything else who gets insurance through employers or medicare has a plan that meets the new standards. the irony in all of this is according to the kaiser foundation which has been studying this for years, half the people who get the cancellation notices will pay less than they are paying now for their plans
. >> president obama repeatedly said anybody who likes their health care coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies are required to make adjustments to comply with the law. hundreds of thousands of consumers in state after state are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to march 2010, when the new law was passed. starting next year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must me essential health benefits. 10 must be covered, including doctors visits,:...
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but when we say the obama care plans, we're talking about the commercial plans sold on the government organized exchanges. >> not medicaid coverage. >> you can be qualified for medicaid coverage, expanded coverage in the obama care exchanges, but the key number here what she's being asked about is the qualified health plans, the private insurance plans, that are being sold. >> dan, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with you soon i'm sure. >> thanks, ty. as the white house scrambles to try to fix all the health care problems, young americans are coming to terms with how obama care will impact them and some are getting kind of worried. one of them with us right now. katie is a free lance graphic designer in new york. her annual health care expenses would go up more than three times under obama care. >> nice to meet you, sue. >> you did not have health care coverage before. >> no. >> your annual costs came out to about $650 a year. >> correct. >> using walk-in clinics and things like that. >> correct. >> when you priced out the new affordable health care plans affordabl
but when we say the obama care plans, we're talking about the commercial plans sold on the government organized exchanges. >> not medicaid coverage. >> you can be qualified for medicaid coverage, expanded coverage in the obama care exchanges, but the key number here what she's being asked about is the qualified health plans, the private insurance plans, that are being sold. >> dan, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> we'll be back with you soon i'm sure. >>...
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people from plans this goes on and went on before obama care and losing prospective. he probably should not been so play -- play tent. since he got no republican votes and help and since three years after its a law they are still fighting, can you imagine what it would be like if he said yeah, some people's rate wills go up. the thing passed by this much. if they said that, they might have lost the whole thing and politicians are always making compromises like that. for crying out loud, they made a compromise on slavery. >> when -- >> began -- >> when i see the president of the united states repeatedly including the state of the union assuring the american people you want to keep your doctor, plan, you will. he said it again and again and again. now we know that senior members in the very administration knew all along, they have known for three years, probably at least 50% of the people that applied, that would not apply. they would have to change their plan. that's a bare faced lie and i think somebody supportive of obama care. i come from a country that -- >> again,
people from plans this goes on and went on before obama care and losing prospective. he probably should not been so play -- play tent. since he got no republican votes and help and since three years after its a law they are still fighting, can you imagine what it would be like if he said yeah, some people's rate wills go up. the thing passed by this much. if they said that, they might have lost the whole thing and politicians are always making compromises like that. for crying out loud, they...
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all but one of the top ranking senate republican leaders plan to place all of their staffers on the obama care exchanges. by law they can accept subsidies to help them pay for the plan. we want to know how well did kathleen sebelius do today? did she worry your questions. send me the tweet at bill hemmer. and me at alisyn camerota and i will take note and respond. >>> important news. new questions about nsa spoiing and how much the president knew about it. we'll debate about it. was the commander in chief kept in the dark again. >>> plus you heard from republican congressman lee terry and we'll hear from a democratic counterpart on the committee. were enough questions answered as the secretary faced a grilling? >> there is a famous movie called the wizard of oz. there is a line. dorothy turns to the dog toto. toto, we are not in kansas anymore. madam kansas, you are from kansas, but you are not in kansas anymore. too soft. too tasty. [ both laugh ] [ male announcer ] introducing progresso's new creamy alfredo soup. inspired by perfection. medicare open enrollment.oup. of year again. time
all but one of the top ranking senate republican leaders plan to place all of their staffers on the obama care exchanges. by law they can accept subsidies to help them pay for the plan. we want to know how well did kathleen sebelius do today? did she worry your questions. send me the tweet at bill hemmer. and me at alisyn camerota and i will take note and respond. >>> important news. new questions about nsa spoiing and how much the president knew about it. we'll debate about it. was...
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. >>> president obama is scheduled to appear in boston. he'll be promoting the healthcare plan. he'll be speaking at the annual hall where mitt romney signed the massachusetts health reform law into law. romney backed the plan when he was governor but opposed it when he was running in his presidential campaign. 90% residents in massachusetts have health insurance. >>> the social security administration said the annual coscost of living adjustment or cola, is going to rise by 1.5%. some 58 million americans get their social security benefits, most of them seniors. >>> the national security agency is now denying allegations it is accessed the website and servers of yahoo and google. as keith alexander telling politico, tapping those links the agency could collect data from hundreds ever millions of user accounts. >>> u.s.-arab league peace envoy meet with syriamet with syrian r al-assad. trying to persuade the current regime and the increasingly divided opposition to come to the negotiating table. their meeting coming as a damascus suburb currently under siege by government forces
. >>> president obama is scheduled to appear in boston. he'll be promoting the healthcare plan. he'll be speaking at the annual hall where mitt romney signed the massachusetts health reform law into law. romney backed the plan when he was governor but opposed it when he was running in his presidential campaign. 90% residents in massachusetts have health insurance. >>> the social security administration said the annual coscost of living adjustment or cola, is going to rise by...
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they are being forced out of the health care plan that they like. the clock is ticking on the website that is broken. their health care isn't a glitch. >> president obama will be in boston, massachusetts today to speak about the affordable care act. reportedly he'll use the massachusetts health care law as an example of how obama care can succeed. >>> if recent revelations about the extent of the nsa spying abroad were meant to shame the country, it didn't work. director of national intelligence james clapper saying the u.s. had spied on foreign leaders for years. he says those countries have returned the favor drawing a cinematic comparison. >> do you believe the allies have conducted or at anytime any type of espionage activity against the united states of america our intel against services or others? >> absolutely. it reminds me of casablanca. my god, there is gambling going on here? same kind of thing. >> on what ground? >> i'm shocked to find gambling is going on in here. >> your winnings, sir. >> thank you very much. everybody out. >> a great
they are being forced out of the health care plan that they like. the clock is ticking on the website that is broken. their health care isn't a glitch. >> president obama will be in boston, massachusetts today to speak about the affordable care act. reportedly he'll use the massachusetts health care law as an example of how obama care can succeed. >>> if recent revelations about the extent of the nsa spying abroad were meant to shame the country, it didn't work. director of...
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is scheduled to appear in boston today to promote his health care plan. he'll be speaking at the place where mitt romney signed the health care law into law. the affordable care act is modeled on the plan in massachusetts. 97% of residents there have health insurance. >>> millions of social security recipients are going to receive slightly larger checks next year. the annual cost of living adjustment will rise by 1.5%. that is the smallest increase since the 1970s. >>> the un arab league envoy lakhdar brahimi met with bashar al-assad trying to persuade the current are and an increasingly divided opposition to come to the negotiating table. imran khan has more on the evacuation. >> reporter: this is a rare moment of relief and cooperation between regime forces, rebel groups, and aid workers. some 1800 syrians have been trapped in the area of moadamiyeh. officials say the civilance were taken to temporary shelters. one of the women involved in the ceasefire negotiations said all of the parties cooperated well. >> we received a call from inside moadamiyeh fr
is scheduled to appear in boston today to promote his health care plan. he'll be speaking at the place where mitt romney signed the health care law into law. the affordable care act is modeled on the plan in massachusetts. 97% of residents there have health insurance. >>> millions of social security recipients are going to receive slightly larger checks next year. the annual cost of living adjustment will rise by 1.5%. that is the smallest increase since the 1970s. >>> the un...
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i think there's an accretion of things happening that make it feel like obama care is unfolding in a wait administration never even saw. we have the web site disasters, we have these numbers of people who are losing their plans, which these numbers seem much higher than anything that was suggested. and i think americans, certainly i'm getting the sense that the administration kind of really didn't see clearly what the consequences of its own signature initiative would be. >> i don't know about that, frank. you know, this thing about not knowing things is getting a little old. >> i'm not saying it's okay. >> doesn't know about the irs, nsa, obama care. >> it's not okay that it wasn't known. >> or the commander in chief of the united states. >> it may not be a good look, but i think this is a missed opportunity, right? the vast majority of the people who are not -- who buy their insurance on the individual marketplace are single. those are -- that's a democratic voting bloc, right? almost half of them are below 40 years old. the youngest group is the voting brock. you could have said t
i think there's an accretion of things happening that make it feel like obama care is unfolding in a wait administration never even saw. we have the web site disasters, we have these numbers of people who are losing their plans, which these numbers seem much higher than anything that was suggested. and i think americans, certainly i'm getting the sense that the administration kind of really didn't see clearly what the consequences of its own signature initiative would be. >> i don't know...
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it looks like one of the president's mantras if you like your health plan you can keep it may not be true for some 15 million americans. does the white house have a message problem or a lot more? joining me on the panele panel, start with chief national correspondent john king who is in washington. john, it is remarkable. this president time and time again said if you like the insurance you have, you can keep it. it will not change. it will not go away. now it seems like that is technically not true. not even technically not true, not true for some 15 million americans because the kind of insurance that they have, which is a very basic form of insurance, does not meet the new requirements under the affordable care act and therefore has to be replaced. >> and so, anderson, web site has been a political problem the administration says will go away and all will be fine. this is much more of a personal policy problem. back when the president was saying those things it was kind of like an ad for a new drug. the flowers and roses and nice soft music and everything's promised it will be gre
it looks like one of the president's mantras if you like your health plan you can keep it may not be true for some 15 million americans. does the white house have a message problem or a lot more? joining me on the panele panel, start with chief national correspondent john king who is in washington. john, it is remarkable. this president time and time again said if you like the insurance you have, you can keep it. it will not change. it will not go away. now it seems like that is technically not...
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it can secure users' personal information the website troubles are just one of the many problems the obama administration is dealing with during the implementation of its signature health reform law another focus is on the administration's credibility when it promised americans that they like their current health insurance plans they can keep it well turns out a lot of americans are getting dropped from their current plans as health insurance companies make changes to those plans to comply with new standards laid out in the affordable care act all of these troubles have people in the left and the right shaking their head on the left you have people arguing that this is why a single payer system would be better it doesn't have individual plans it doesn't have a complex website it just provides health care and on the right you have people who've always been skeptical skeptical of obamacare saying i told you so earlier i spoke with one of those on the right congressman leonard lance of new jersey and i first asked him what he made the last few weeks of the obamacare rollout. i believe that th
it can secure users' personal information the website troubles are just one of the many problems the obama administration is dealing with during the implementation of its signature health reform law another focus is on the administration's credibility when it promised americans that they like their current health insurance plans they can keep it well turns out a lot of americans are getting dropped from their current plans as health insurance companies make changes to those plans to comply with...
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then this afternoon, president obama will defend his health care law. verizon said it was doing maintenance on the system. there was a similar halt on sunday. l
then this afternoon, president obama will defend his health care law. verizon said it was doing maintenance on the system. there was a similar halt on sunday. l
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to 40,000 people, his own customers, telling them they no longer had health insurance because their plan was revoked. he said he doesn't have any idea how much of those 40,000 will be able to successfully navigate the obama care website and process and get insurance by the beginning of next year. he said they were still working it through. he said it's a frustrating process to write those letters to all those people but it's something the law required him to do. there's definitely some pain here. what the white house is hoping is there's a lot more gain out there for a lot more americans and this thing will ultimately be popular. >> maybe it's a naive sounding question, but what do you think this comes to the president's popularity when he comes as being hands off? not only the spying issue but now the glitches on obama care and healthcare.gov, you know, repeatedly we keep hearing the president didn't know, didn't know ahead of time. you know, we have been led to believe early in his administration that he was a very hands-on kind of guy. >> yeah, that's a very good question. obviously,
to 40,000 people, his own customers, telling them they no longer had health insurance because their plan was revoked. he said he doesn't have any idea how much of those 40,000 will be able to successfully navigate the obama care website and process and get insurance by the beginning of next year. he said they were still working it through. he said it's a frustrating process to write those letters to all those people but it's something the law required him to do. there's definitely some pain...
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existing health plans if they wanted them. ways and means committee chairman dave camp bore in on that point. >> this man wrote he and said "my wife has been recently informed by her insurance carrier that her health care policy does not comply with the affordable care act. now we must purchase a new policy to get the same coverage at an 18% increase in our premium. so what happened to the "if you like your insurance you can keep it" question? >> now if, in fact, the issuer has decided to change the plan, didn't have to, but plans were grandfathered in in 2010 and if they offer new plans they have to come in to the requirements of the affordable care act. so what i wouldel that individual is if their carrier is telling them they're changing the plan and they're offering an increase, that they would need to go take a look at what's available in their state and in their market which is certainly something that's available to them through the exchange. >> reporter: democrats have joined in criticizing the health plan cancellation
existing health plans if they wanted them. ways and means committee chairman dave camp bore in on that point. >> this man wrote he and said "my wife has been recently informed by her insurance carrier that her health care policy does not comply with the affordable care act. now we must purchase a new policy to get the same coverage at an 18% increase in our premium. so what happened to the "if you like your insurance you can keep it" question? >> now if, in fact, the...
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we've got a words, accountability, the first official obama care apology came today, someone being accountable. here it is. >> i want to apologize to you that the web site has not worked as well as it should. i want to assure you that hea h healthcare.gov will be fixed. >> that was marilyn tavenner. shouldn't someone else be saying sorry, someone like the president or kathleen sebelius? >> this is such a washington game, right? spicer talks about there's no accountability. nobody's taking responsibility. you saw the head of cms in that video take responsibility and apologize for is today. the president has acknowledged there are problems. secretary sebelius has acknowledged there are problems. the washington game of parsing who's saying what, when, it's irrelevant to what the situation is right now which is that there's a web site. it's helping thousands upon thousands of people get health care. it's got some problems that are getting fixed. it's going to be a long-term solution to the health care crisis in this country. >> it's not that's the problem. >> there should be accountability and the
we've got a words, accountability, the first official obama care apology came today, someone being accountable. here it is. >> i want to apologize to you that the web site has not worked as well as it should. i want to assure you that hea h healthcare.gov will be fixed. >> that was marilyn tavenner. shouldn't someone else be saying sorry, someone like the president or kathleen sebelius? >> this is such a washington game, right? spicer talks about there's no accountability....
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practical and political headache for the white house. >> pam ae said that anybody that likes -- president obama said that anybody who likes their coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies have to make adjustments. hundreds of thousands of insurers are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to 2010. starting n year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must meet basic minimum standards called essential health standards. 10 must be covered - including doctors visits,: a plan that does not include all of these can't be offered. insurance companies are sepding cancellation messages. people affected are those that buy insurance themselves - freelancers and independent contractors. 14 million americans currently buy insurance this way. nearly everybody else who gets insurance through their employer or medicare has a plan that meets the standard. the irony is that according to the kaiser foundation, which studied this for years, half the people that get the cancellation notices will pay less than they are paying for their plans now, because of the tax benefits an
practical and political headache for the white house. >> pam ae said that anybody that likes -- president obama said that anybody who likes their coverage can keep it. the reality is insurance companies have to make adjustments. hundreds of thousands of insurers are forced to cancel plans unless they had them prior to 2010. starting n year under the affordable care act, insurance companies must meet basic minimum standards called essential health standards. 10 must be covered - including...
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offered in 2014 due to obama care. in fact, i received a letter stating that the new health care law was the reason for the removal of my current health care plan. madam secretary, what would you tell shawn, who liked his plan, and now has lost it, and he was promised by you and the president he'd be able to keep that plan, what would you tell shawn now that he's lost his plan? >> i would tell shawn to shop in the marketplace and out of the marketplace -- >> do you really think -- >> -- if shawn -- again, if united chose not to keep shawn's plan in effect for shawn, the plan that he -- sir. the law said if you keep shawn's plan in place, if he liked his plan, if you only show trend lines to shawn, then the plan is still there. >> you and i may disagree over who you work with. i work for shawn. you work for shawn, madam secretary. he lost his plan that he like. there are thousands and millions of shawns throughout this country that lost the plan they like, because some bureaucrat in washington said, "we think your plan'
offered in 2014 due to obama care. in fact, i received a letter stating that the new health care law was the reason for the removal of my current health care plan. madam secretary, what would you tell shawn, who liked his plan, and now has lost it, and he was promised by you and the president he'd be able to keep that plan, what would you tell shawn now that he's lost his plan? >> i would tell shawn to shop in the marketplace and out of the marketplace -- >> do you really think --...
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then this afternoon, president obama will defend his health care law. verizon said it was doing maintenance on the system. there was a similar halt on sunday. we'll have more on these stories in just a few minutes. >>> but first, the rest of today's agenda, earnings central will be hearing from general motors, nbc parent comcast, chrysler, corning and sodastream, all before the bell. this afternoon, we have visa, facebook, comcast, kraft foods and many others. on the economic front, the fed wraps up a two-day fomc meeting in washington. this is a policy announcement set tore 2:00 p.m. eastern today. the central bank is expected to maintain its massive bond buying campaign. fed watchers say ben bernanke and company may point to softer readings on the economy to signal that the policy will be extended into next year. >>> as for the other items on today's economic agenda, the october adp employment report is going to be released at 8:15 eastern time. it's expected to show 150,000 private jobs were added this month. the whisper number, though, is below that
then this afternoon, president obama will defend his health care law. verizon said it was doing maintenance on the system. there was a similar halt on sunday. we'll have more on these stories in just a few minutes. >>> but first, the rest of today's agenda, earnings central will be hearing from general motors, nbc parent comcast, chrysler, corning and sodastream, all before the bell. this afternoon, we have visa, facebook, comcast, kraft foods and many others. on the economic front,...
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. >> president obama has said that americans with health insurance wouldn't have to change their plans, if they were satisfied with their coverage, but as the affordable care act rolls out, it is becoming apparent that for many americans, that is not the case. if you didn't have a plan, you could see a cancellation in your mailbox. in florida, blue cross and blue shield said 300,000 of their members of affected. in california, blue shield and kaiser will be withdrawing policies for a kind 280,000 customers. in pennsylvania, 40,000 residents in pittsburgh are going to have to get a new policy and 70,000 customers in maryland, washington, d.c. and virginia are now getting cancellation notices from care first blue cross blue shield. in michigan, 146,000 people have have received their cancellation notices because of the affordable care act. >> edward snowden could be getting a ticket out of russia if he's willing to testify about u.s. spying. german politicians want to question the former n.s.a. contractor. that they are looking into reports that the u.s. tapped the chancellors cell phone
. >> president obama has said that americans with health insurance wouldn't have to change their plans, if they were satisfied with their coverage, but as the affordable care act rolls out, it is becoming apparent that for many americans, that is not the case. if you didn't have a plan, you could see a cancellation in your mailbox. in florida, blue cross and blue shield said 300,000 of their members of affected. in california, blue shield and kaiser will be withdrawing policies for a kind...
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having their current insurance policies cancelled because they did not meet the minimum standard of obama care or upgrade it however you want to put i. white house secretary jay carney said americans should look to the insurers for an explanation. >> part two. >> basically, throw you off that plan telling you after a year or two that it was changing and said, here's your new option because your plan has changed, that that new plan is grandfathered in, how can that be? you can't grandfather a plan in 2010 na didn't come into existence in 2012 or 2011. it's not about fault t. insurers are in the leadup to these marketplaces are doing what they had always done. >> all right, the most heated exchange came when a democratic congressman took issue with republicans that suggesting they've offered an alternative to obama care. take a look. >> we lost the policy fight and what did we do? we went back to our districts and we told our seniors although we voted no, we personally believe and we'll work with the bush administration to make it work. that's what we did and how many of you stood up to do
having their current insurance policies cancelled because they did not meet the minimum standard of obama care or upgrade it however you want to put i. white house secretary jay carney said americans should look to the insurers for an explanation. >> part two. >> basically, throw you off that plan telling you after a year or two that it was changing and said, here's your new option because your plan has changed, that that new plan is grandfathered in, how can that be? you can't...